But although Ferrari has managed to close the gap to Mercedes over the winter, Marko remains doubtful Renault can now do the same. “It is not possible to get where Mercedes is,” he told the Austrian broadcaster Servus TV. He blames Renault, saying Ferrari has simply done “a better job” than the French manufacturer. “We

“We weren’t particularly good on radio messaging,” Wolff admitted. “We had a couple of weird calls.” Also on the strategy front, Mercedes might be accused of having played too conservative a game, given its huge dominance in Australia just two weeks earlier. Wolff said he might now press the button to speed-up technical developments ahead

Ferrari Sebastian Vettel – 1st “Grande gara, bella macchina! (A great race and a beautiful car). Sorry for starting to speak in Italian, but today is such a special day for me. I don’t really know what to say, I am speechless. It’s not only one childhood dream that becomes true, it seems to be

Manor confirmed a little earlier that Will Stevens will miss today’s race. ‘Sadly Will is unable to start today’s race as we have not been able to get on top of the fuel system problem from yesterday,’ the team announced on their Twitter account. According to Red Bull chief Christian Horner, some cars may have

The youngest driver to start a Formula One race showed all the maturity of a veteran to overcome a tropical downpour and find the right lines in the final session to secure the best starting position by a teenager since 1961. “I studied the lines from last year so that helped me already a bit,”

Asked what he can do on Sunday, Vettel said anything is possible: “You never know, just look outside! Obviously when it starts to rain here – and there’s always a high chance – it can mix up things,” he stated. “I think it was an interesting qualifying session and the car felt good in both

Hamilton’s first flying lap on intermediate tyres in Q3 proved enough to secure top spot, as Vettel split the reigning F1 world champion from his Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg by qualifying second. The two Mercedes drivers appeared to get in each other’s way in the crucial closing stages of the session, and Hamilton failed to

The 84-year-old said organisers simply would not pay the right price. Talking about German GP: “It’s funny how these people dig up all this money for things like the Olympics, swimming championships, European athletics and god knows what else,” he said. And historic Monza, he warned, could be next, even though it is another of

Nico Rosberg has opened up the 2015 Malaysian Grand Prix with the fastest time by a comfortable margin as team-mate Lewis Hamilton failed to complete a lap due to an engine problem. Hamilton was unable to complete a flying lap after aborting his first four-lap run and then grinding to a halt on his fifth

Rosberg followed up by officealli inviting Vettel via Twitter to the debrief on Friday at Sepang. But Vettel said on Thursday he will not attend, saying the joke has transformed into a PR stunt. “I think when I was joking with Nico in the press conference the deal was the invite was for all the